N. O. CHENOPODICEjfi. 
1060 
1018. Suczda fruticosa, Forsk., ii.f.b.i., v. 13. 
Syn. :--Salsola fruticosa, Linn. 
Vern.: — Lconuk, chotee lanee, usak laneetPb.); Morasa 
(Mar.) ; Ushuklani (Sind.) ; Zimeh (Pushtu). 
Habitat North-West India, from Delhi, and throughout 
the Punjab, westward to the Indus, common in the plains. 
A perennial herb, sub-erect or decumbent. Stem and branch- 
es usually slender, erect or divaricate. Leaves J-terete, linear 
or ellipsoid, obtuse (very variable) J-^in. long. Spikes slender, 
leafy. Flowers minute, axillary, usually 2-sexual, bracteate, 
and 2-bracteate. Perianth short, subglobose, 5-lobed or partite ; 
lobes or segments equal or unequal, simple or gibbous 
or subwinged. Stamens 5, short ; Styles 3, short. Fruit, 
utricle included, membranous. Seeds vertical or horizontal ; testa 
black, shining. 
Uses : — This is one of the plants from which sajji-kliar is 
prepared. The woolly excrescenses on the tips of its branches, 
mixed with an empyreumatic oil, are used as an application to 
sores on the backs of camels. The leaves are applied as a 
poultice to ophthalmia, and used, infused in water, as an 
emetic by Sindhis. (Stewart and Murray.) 
1049. 8. monoiea, Forsk., h.f.b.i., v. 13. 
Vern. : — Umari Nandi (South Arcot.) 
Habitat : — South Deccan ; on the seacoast at Tinnevelly and 
Tuticorin. 
Shrubby, branches suberect, leaves linear fiattish obtuse, 
spikes leafy panicled, flowers axillary 2-3-nate polygamous, 
bracts minute scarious entire, fruiting perianth obovate-oblong, 
lobes obtuse incurved, styles 2-5 short, seed vertical, testa black 
shining. I am in great doubt about this Indian plant, which 
in a dry state is difficult to distinguish from S. fruticosa and 
vermiculata. (J. D. Hooker.) 
Use : — It is put td the same uses as the preceding. From 
it also Sajji khar is prepared. Indian Forester for Nov. 1914, 
contains a note on Saltworts of South Arcot from the pen of 
Mr, T. P. Qhose, who says— 
